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6th December 2012, 19:36 #21
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Originally Posted by Starter
Those headlights you have , by necessity , must be far brighter than the equivalent amber beam , because the things you wish to light aren't blue , generally .
If we lived in a blue world , those lights would be perfect , as they could be easily dim enough to not blind oncoming traffic , yet the things in that world would reflect the blue colour .
As it is , though , in our world here , we don't have enough blue for your lights to reflect , and hence , they need to be extremely bright , to show you what's ahead at 60 mph .
Courteous drivers who do dim on approach are certainly appreciated by those staring into the beams , but they must also realize that even dimmed they are far brighter than regular sealed beam or halogen .
Eyes facing them will take longer to adjust back , and will tire faster , so you're , even on the dimmed setting , creating tired and semi-blind drivers to face head-on .
Those who forget to turn them down will blind oncoming traffic almost completely , and will almost undoubtedly bring on a flash from the other guy , blinding them .
Sorry man , but they are one of my pet peeves , because they hurt my eyes , and they don't help anyone , in reality .
I believe they are dangerous , and , (sorry) foolish .
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6th December 2012, 19:50 #22
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6th December 2012, 19:50 #23
depen del coches no? o el telefon tmbe seria valid?
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6th December 2012, 19:51 #24
puc jo tmb?
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6th December 2012, 20:34 #25
Not to mention a very bright light ahead shrinks the pupil so it can't see detail at the fringes as well. You're literally looking through a roll of toilet paper with very bright lights. Look and usefulness are two different things. Plus HIDs still blind oncoming traffic both in their 'legal' state and when affected by dirt, poor alignment, lack of maintenance, etc. And that's before we look at glare in snow and fog.
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6th December 2012, 22:45 #26
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Sorry. I've used conventional headlights, halogen (slightly better), specialty lights - cibie & marchal replacement lights (much better than the halogens - still got two sets in the basement) and now the HIDs. I'll keep the HIDs thank you.
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6th December 2012, 23:25 #27
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Enlightening thread.
“If everything's under control, you're going too slow.” Mario Andretti
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6th December 2012, 23:57 #28
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Originally Posted by Starter
And , don't they hurt yours coming at you ?
Just wondering a little if my poor attempt at explaining the physics of it was understandable .
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6th December 2012, 23:58 #29
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7th December 2012, 02:06 #30
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Originally Posted by Bagwan
And , don't they hurt yours coming at you ?
Just wondering a little if my poor attempt at explaining the physics of it was understandable ."Old roats am jake mit goats."
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